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Message: [QUOTE="Littlemin, post: 3449840, member: 10363"] First, let me say, I have absolutely no issue with the minutes Williams is getting, none, nada, nil. The point I was making (trying to make) was that as poorly as she has played at times, she gets those minutes which means to me the coaches are “satisfied” with her performance. Not thrilled or accepting but Auriemma is well known as a coach who uses the bench as a “learning“ tool and since he has not gone there with Williams I assume he sees no value in sitting her. Certainly he and his staff know best. But I don’t buy the idea that she COULDN’T sit for a couple of minutes because of a shallow bench. Again, I am not advocating that in the least, I just find it interesting and frankly positive that it hasn’t happened. Speculating from very afar, it means to me her issue is not physical, but mental, a loss of confidence. Further that she is working hard in practice and the coaches know the only way to get over it is to play through it. Here’s hoping she does, it would obviously (duh!!) make them a MUCH more formidable team. [/QUOTE]